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Debugging system wherein multiple code views are simultaneously managed

  • US 5,410,648 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1991
  • Issued: 04/25/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1991
  • Status: Expired
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1. A computer system for performing a method for displaying, on a screen, a plurality of views of software code listings, said computer system including a prioritized listing of view-types, each said view-type providing a different presentation of a code listing, said method comprising the steps of:

  • displaying a first view-type of at least a portion of a software code listing in a first file;

    stepping through code lines in said portion of said software code listing;

    when a call is found in said first file for a code listing in another file, displaying a highest priority view-type available in said computer system of said code listing in said another file where said highest priority view-type of said another file is independent of highest priority view-type of said first file; and

    upon a determination that a view-type is to be removed from said screen, and saving a window in which said view-type is displayed and its contents as an object, whereby said removed window and its contents are recallable as said object and when so recalled are displayed on said screen.

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